Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal Branches of Literature and Science : Designed Chiefly for the Junior Students in the Universities, and the Higher Classes in Schools, 1. köidePrinted at the Press of H. Maxwell, for F. Nichols, Philadelphia, 1805 |
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... elegant as my quotations may be in point of style , conclusive as to reasoning , or striking as to the impression they are calculated to make ; they will not completely answer the intended purpose , if , while they raise a high opinion ...
... elegant as my quotations may be in point of style , conclusive as to reasoning , or striking as to the impression they are calculated to make ; they will not completely answer the intended purpose , if , while they raise a high opinion ...
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... elegance . The standard of the English language . Disagreement between our orthography and pronunciation . How they ought to be regu- lated . The excellence of our language , when considered as the vehicle of some of the most ...
... elegance . The standard of the English language . Disagreement between our orthography and pronunciation . How they ought to be regu- lated . The excellence of our language , when considered as the vehicle of some of the most ...
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... elegant species of composition . P. 114-133 . CHAP . V. THE GREEK LANGUAGE . Its origin : dialects : the theory of its derivation as stated by lord Monboddo considered . Its characteristics : harmony and wonderful copiousness . Various ...
... elegant species of composition . P. 114-133 . CHAP . V. THE GREEK LANGUAGE . Its origin : dialects : the theory of its derivation as stated by lord Monboddo considered . Its characteristics : harmony and wonderful copiousness . Various ...
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... elegant Arts possess a pleasing influence over the imagination , and furnish a constant variety of amusement and pleasure , it is highly desirable to ex- amine the principles , and consider the application of a refined and correct taste ...
... elegant Arts possess a pleasing influence over the imagination , and furnish a constant variety of amusement and pleasure , it is highly desirable to ex- amine the principles , and consider the application of a refined and correct taste ...
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... ought to read for its elegance , the philosopher for its arguments , and the saint for its piety . " Johnson's Life of Rochester , vol . iv , p . 6 , 12mo . ject ; so it is very strongly confirmed by those THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 31.
... ought to read for its elegance , the philosopher for its arguments , and the saint for its piety . " Johnson's Life of Rochester , vol . iv , p . 6 , 12mo . ject ; so it is very strongly confirmed by those THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . 31.
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Page 38 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Page 23 - ... her the cities which he set in flames, the countries which he ravaged and destroyed, and the miserable distress of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Page 31 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Page 379 - Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head. Then sculpture and her sister-arts revive ; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Page 119 - Dryden saw very early that closeness best preserved an author's sense, and that freedom best exhibited his spirit ; he therefore will deserve the highest praise, who can give a representation at once faithful and pleasing, who can convey the same thoughts with the same graces, and who, when he translates changes nothing but the language.
Page 228 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Page 214 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.